TIMAWA Original Art Up for Charity Auction (A FEW HOURS LEFT!)
Only a few hours until this auction ends! Last chance to bid!
It’s very rare that I ever sell any original artwork of my own characters. This is one of the times that I do. It’s a one page illustration depicting the death of TIMAWA. In this one drawing, he truly does finally die.
This is...
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Why Manny Villar Does Not Get My Vote (Updated)
Yesterday I received an email from what I assume to be a comics industry colleague, forwarding an article by Buddy Cunanan on why he will be voting for Manny Villar.
This post is not a point by point rebuttal of that forwarded article. The truth is, this is not a reaction to that article at all. I am...
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The Need for Serious Criticism 2
My first article on the need for serious criticism in local komiks sparked a torrent of discussion not only on this blog but on several other places online. It’s made me consider a lot of the things I’ve said in reaction to the comments. What came out of it is a second article in the form...
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New Wasted Story
When the Komikero Artists Group launched our (impossibly) regular series “Komikero Komiks Anthology” (now on it’s 6th issue) early last year, I thought I would create a new stand-alone WASTED story. I’ve always tried to avoid creating anything new with regards to Wasted because...
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Renaissance is TODAY!
February 21 Update: Renaissance is TODAY, but I will be late. Lots of work stuff still to finish. I’ll be there around 11:30am onwards.
The first thing that people ask is… what is “Renaissance”? There seems to be some confusion as to what it is, I know. Even the posters that...
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Autobiographical Comics in the Philippines
Autobiographical comics, or diary comics, is probably the one remaining genre of comics that have yet to be explored fully in Philippine comics. It is a genre virtually unheard of in the old industry, and it is a genre that very few modern day creators have tried.
Is it because Filipinos don’t...
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KOMIKSTRIP at UPLB is TODAY!
KOMIKSTRIP, the first UPLB (University of the Philippines, Los Baños) Comics Convention is today! I’ll be on hand first thing in the morning to give a lecture on the History of Philippine Comics for the workshop, and then pretty much for the entire day I’ll just be peddling chickens and...
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“Komiks Artist” by Pepper Marcelo, Arlan Update
This is a short video interview with me conducted by Pepper Marcelo around 2005. This was initially intended to be a much bigger thing, with more artists and not just me in it, I was told. I don’t know exactly what happened, but Pepper decided to put this together so at least my part of it could...
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It’s not Jay Leno’s fault!
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“Where Bold Stars Go To Die” Review at GMA 7
Gerry Alanguilan waxes poetic about dead bold stars
FAYE ILOGON, GMANews.TV
01/08/2010 | 10:17 PM
Gerry Alanguilan’s Where Bold Stars Go to Die—which tells the story of young man named Daniel who is obsessed over a dead 80s bold star—is more than what it seems. Despite its title, it’s not just...
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